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  1. joepepsi
    Pretty much anybody would be a great manager for the Yankees in this era.
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    I read somewhere, was it this year's Baseball Prospectus(?), one of the Cora brothers is considered among the smartest minds in the game today. Maybe it's Alex, but even if that's so, you gotta hope some of them brains are in the Cora gene pool. To paraphrase Bill Maher, I want the guy making decisions to be the smartest guy in the room. I agree managing in the minors is probably better training for a major league manager's job than being a major league coach. The hardest part of any management or supervisory job is dealing with and motivating the people who work for you. Along the same line of thinking, that could also make a "losing" major league manager better than a "winning" manager.
  3. joepepsi
    Corey Patterson started 36 of Juan Samuel's 51 managerial games. He hit leadoff most of those games. Granted, Patterson wasn't bad this year as a 4th/5th OF'er type, but I don't ever want another manager who thinks Corey Patterson is some kind of answer.
  4. joepepsi
    It's important to remember the real reason Hardy was traded was his relatively high salary and the fact a younger, cheap, good defensive ss was in AAA.
  5. joepepsi
    I pretty much agree with you on all this. Except the part about his handling of young players, but everybody here has been over this about 6 bazillion times, so we'll just agree to disagree at this point. Macha seems pretty average to me. But I think each year the team finished at the low end of the win range that most predicted. Which means Macha really did little to make a difference. He wasn't a crazy incompetent that ruined the team, neither was he an expert leader that inspired his players to eek a few extra wins each season. I also think he and his coaching staff do deserve more than a little of the blame for the bad starting rotation we've suffered through the last two years. He didn't have championship caliber starters, it's true. But it's equally true every starter performed at the low end of their potential.
  6. joepepsi
    Ron Gardenhire. He seems to be real good taking at team of two offensive stars and a rotation of soft tossers to the playoffs every year.
  7. joepepsi
    The entire state of Florida has proven they don't deserve major league baseball. The New Jersey/New York market could probably support both Florida teams, but as long as the Yankees own Bud Selig you know that will never happen.
  8. joepepsi
    For being "one of the worst pitchers in baseball", he's sure had a productive career with 131 wins and at least 191 IP for 9 straight seasons assuming he pitches 4 more this year. Amazing a guy that bad will likely go over 200 wins by the time he hangs it up. Even you have to know bringing up wins is just going to be met with eye rolls on this board.Except that it is an indication of the length of a career. A pitcher who is able to stick around and gather 150-200 wins is not one of the worst pitchers in baseball. The worst pitchers in baseball do not make 30 starts a year for a decade. They last a couple years then are gone, at best.
  9. joepepsi
    If you read the entire quote I think Duncan stating the Brewers should be upset one of their paying fans was ejected. "But consider the source. He threw out a fan. When did you last see a fan thrown out of the game? I can't ever remember seeing it. I can't believe the Brewers didn't make some kind of statement. The fan pays his money to come in. Part of the game is heckling."
  10. joepepsi
    Well if Gamel isn't going to play for the Brewers maybe they can work out a deal with him to the Orioles for one of their good young pitchers.
  11. joepepsi
    He went on a 30 game tear from June 14th to July 18th where he batted 354/385/559. A .426 BaBIP. There was bound to be some regression.
  12. joepepsi
    There are two kinds of young players who have crappy OBA. Guys like Gomez who have never shown much plate discipline, and guys like Lucroy who are just getting started in their major league careers and going through some adjustment. Lucroy has a career .377 oba in the minors, 80 points above his career batting average. I think it's reasonable to expect at least a .340-.350 oba in 2011 or 2012. His minor league slugging is .460, so I expect once he gets going with his career he'll be at least around .425-.440 most seasons. I don't even want a catcher like that, although admittedly those two are awesome. But unless they can DH once or twice a week you end up overpaying for a guy who's going to sit out 30-40 games a year. I think Lucroy can be more of an AJ Piercynski type. I'm OK with that.
  13. joepepsi
    I was an Oriole fan first, and though there hasn't been much to cheer about with them in the last decade, I'm still kinda known as an Oriole fan. Listening to Uecker after moving to Wisconsin turned me into a Brewer fan. I follow the Brewers more closely than the Orioles these days. Except for the Brewers I've always been more of an AL fan. If they left Wisconsin or moved back to the AL, I wouldn't pay much attention to the NL. I'd probably follow the Orioles more, but I've also always liked the Twins and White Sox. I live closer to the Cities than Milwaukee, so it'd be easy to root for the Twinkies.
  14. joepepsi
    But 2 of those starting pitchers can, in theory, be replaced with almost anyone for a net gain in the rotation. They could put almost anybody in Parra's and Narveson's roles and be better. Not good enough to be a contender I suppose, but better than what they've been getting this year. Which might make it worth it to pick up Davis' option and throw a deal to Capuano.
  15. joepepsi
    I know posters love to talk about luck and BAbip, but Braun's season kinda reminds me of Eddie Murray's 1986. Murray was bothered by some kind of nagging injury that season and finally missed a month from early July to early August. It was the first season he hadn't been 100% healthy and his power numbers were way down. But his batting average was way up. I don't remember the exact injury but after the season he admitted he couldn't swing the bat very well all year. So instead of swinging for the fences he focused more on putting the ball in play and trying to make things happen that way.
  16. joepepsi
    I'm cheering for the Rays, Twins, and Rangers to win the AL division. Let the Yankees slide to the wild card. In the NL, I'll go with the Phillies, Reds, and Padres. Give the Braves the Wild Card. As long as the Yankees don't win their division and don't make the World Series I'll be happy. I probably won't watch a Yankees World Series, per usual. I'll cheer for the Twins and any of the Phils, Reds, or Pads to make it to the series.
  17. joepepsi
    He's one of my favorite players all time, but if you include him in the discussion then don't you have to include Ripken, Sandberg, Gwynn? They all became regulars around 81-82.
  18. joepepsi
    Count my wife and I among the worried. She went from making $62,000 a year to working 15 hours a week at KMart for $7.25/hour. Her unemployment ran out months ago. Unless your between the ages of 25 and 35, have a college degree, your chances of finding anything fulltime for over minimum wage is zero. We both wake up in the middle of the night and stare in the darkness for hours. Our daughter starts her freshman year of college in 3 weeks; our son goes back for his second year in a couple days. I know lots of people going through similar struggles. Of course going to a ball game is out of the question. I'd just like to have some reason to feel good about the future.
  19. joepepsi
    At the time Gerut was offered arbitration it was unclear whether Hart would be an everyday player going forward or even on the team. $2 million was peanuts when the OF situation was so much up in the air. Good luck Jody. Maybe some contender will pick you up, you'll get on a hot streak and win a World Series ring like Jerry Hairston did last year.
  20. joepepsi
    Yo's stats are badly skewed due to the July 27nd outing when he left in the 3rd inning. Otherwise he's been fine, including two very good outings. Wolf has pitched better in the last month except for the Pittsburgh game when he gave up a bazillion runs. Guess I agree, it's a small sample size. But things don't look great for next year's rotation.
  21. joepepsi
    Cain has a .781 career OPS. Gomez' minor league OPS is .737. Cain battled injuries in 2009 and wasn't much good, but in every other season and at every level he has outhit Gomez.
  22. joepepsi
    Why wouldn't Bush be a type B free agent? 147 major league starts and a 4.67 career ERA. 2.66 career K:BB ratio.
  23. joepepsi
    Offer arbitration to Bush, sign Capuano to a one year deal, bring back Narveson. Bush will turn down arbitration of course. Narveson and Cappy can compete for the 5th spot. Doug tries to find another starter without investing much. Fielder is traded in an Overbay type deal for a high upside mid minors pitcher, and maybe a serviceable guy that can fill in the rotation for a year or two. A lot went wrong with this year's team. 2011 team won't look as good on paper, especially without Prince. But with a little luck it could compete on the same level as the 2010 team.
  24. joepepsi
    According to Cott's, here are the OF'ers who have 'contracts expiring or or should have the six years of service necessary to become free agents after the 2010 season'. Alfredo Amezaga LAD Frank Catalanotto NYM Carl Crawford TB Coco Crisp OAK * Michael Cuddyer MIN * David DeJesus KC * Jody Gerut MIL Jose Guillen KC Willie Harris WAS Brad Hawpe COL * Austin Kearns CLE Jason Kubel MIN * Magglio Ordonez DET * Marcus Thames NYY Jayson Werth PHI DeJesus or Cuddyer are comparable I suppose. So rather than try and sign your current player, it is better to take a risk and bid against the rest of MLB for one of these two players? And where's the guarantee these two will end up with a more affordable contract? You can argue Gamel is a better player and you may be right. Eventually. But probably not in 2010. Plus he's a career .848 OPS'er in the minors, which probably translates to about .815-.825 in the majors. He's never played RF and he's only 3 years younger than Hart. If the goal is to tear down the team and start over, then yeah, trade Hart and plant Gamel in RF and take your lumps. I just don't think they need to go into full rebuild mode now.
  25. joepepsi
    This is the point he's lost in his article. It's often lost on this site as well. You can't change out every player every year, or once they might be a little more expensive. Arguing that extending Hart is bad for the team assumes his bat can be reasonably and easily replaced for less. Who exactly, is out there that anyone can guarantee the Brewers will acquire or promote who will perform at Hart's career level for the next 3 years? Re-signing Hart gives Melvin the flexibility to work on more pressing issues, such as what to do with Prince and how to improve the pitching staff.
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